2 Reyes 17
1 El año 12 de Acaz, rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Oseas, hijo de Ela, sobre Israel en Samaria, y reinó nueve años.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, the king of Judah: Hoshea, the son of Elah, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, for nine years.
2 Hizo lo malo ante Yavé, aunque no como los reyes de Israel que reinaron antes de él.
And he did evil before the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who had been before him.
3 Salmanasar, rey de Asiria, subió contra Oseas, quien se convirtió en su vasallo y le pagó tributo.
Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, ascended against him. And Hoshea became a servant to him, and he paid him tribute.
4 Pero el rey de Asiria descubrió que Oseas conspiraba, pues envió mensajeros a So, rey de Egipto, y porque no pagó el tributo al rey de Asiria, como lo hacía cada año. Por tanto el rey de Asiria lo detuvo y lo encerró en la cárcel.
And when the king of the Assyrians discovered that Hoshea, striving to rebel, had sent messengers to Sais, to the king of Egypt, so as not to present the tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had been accustomed to do each year, he besieged him. And having been bound, he cast him into prison.
5 Entonces el rey de Asiria invadió toda la tierra, subió contra Samaria y la sitió durante tres años.
And he wandered through the entire land. And ascending to Samaria, he besieged it for three years.
6 El año noveno de Oseas, el rey de Asiria tomó Samaria y llevó a Israel en cautiverio a Asiria, y decidió que habitaran en Halah y Habor, junto al río Gozán, y en las ciudades de los medos.
And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.
7 Esto sucedió porque los hijos de Israel pecaron contra Yavé su ʼElohim, Quien los sacó de la tierra de Egipto, del poder de Faraón, rey de Egipto. Reverenciaron a otros ʼelohim
For it happened that, when the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who had led them away from the land of Egypt, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, they worshipped strange gods.
8 y practicaron las costumbres de las naciones que Yavé expulsó de delante de ellos y las [costumbres] que establecieron los reyes de Israel.
And they walked according to the rituals of the nations that the Lord had consumed in the sight of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel. For they had acted similarly.
9 Los hijos de Israel hicieron secretamente cosas no rectas contra Yavé su ʼElohim. Además edificaron lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde torres de vigías hasta ciudades fortificadas.
And the sons of Israel offended the Lord, their God, with deeds that were not upright. And they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
10 Levantaron columnas e imágenes de Asera en toda colina alta y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.
And they made for themselves statues and sacred groves, on every high hill and under every leafy tree.
11 Allí quemaron incienso en todos los lugares altos, como los pueblos que Yavé desterró de delante de ellos. Hicieron cosas malas que provocaron la ira de Yavé,
And they were burning incense there, upon altars, in the manner of the nations that the Lord had removed from their face. And they did wicked deeds, provoking the Lord.
12 porque sirvieron a los ídolos, con respecto a los cuales Yavé les dijo: No harán tal cosa.
And they worshipped impurities, concerning which the Lord instructed them that they should not do this word.
13 Yavé amonestaba a Israel y a Judá por medio de todos los profetas y de todo vidente: Regresen de sus malos caminos y guarden mis Mandamientos y mis Preceptos, según toda la Ley que Yo prescribí a sus antepasados y les envié por medio de mis esclavos profetas.
And the Lord testified to them, in Israel and in Judah, through the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: “Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts and ceremonies, in accord with the entire law, which I instructed to your fathers, and just as I sent to you by the hand of my servants, the prophets.”
14 Pero ellos no obedecieron, sino fueron indómitos, como sus antepasados, quienes no permanecieron fieles a Yavé su ʼElohim.
But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.
15 Desecharon sus Preceptos, el Pacto que hizo con sus antepasados y las exhortaciones con las cuales les advirtió. Siguieron tras la vanidad y se volvieron vacíos. Fueron tras las naciones que estaban a su alrededor, con respecto a las cuales Yavé les ordenó que no hicieran como ellas.
And they cast aside his ordinances, and the covenant that he formed with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified to them. And they pursued vanities and acted vainly. And they followed the nations that were all around them, concerning the things which the Lord had commanded them not to do, and which they did.
16 Repugnaron todos los Mandamientos de Yavé su ʼElohim, e hicieron para ellos imágenes fundidas de dos becerros y una Asera. Se postraron ante todo el ejército del cielo y sirvieron a baal.
And they abandoned all the precepts of the Lord, their God. And they made for themselves two molten calves and sacred groves. And they adored the entire celestial army. And they served Baal.
17 Pasaron a sus hijos y a sus hijas por el fuego, practicaron los encantamientos y las adivinaciones, y se dedicaron a hacer lo malo ante Yavé para provocarlo a ira.
And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him.
18 Por lo cual Yavé se airó muchísimo contra Israel. Los apartó de su presencia, y no quedó sino solo la tribu de Judá.
And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.
19 Judá tampoco guardó los Mandamientos de Yavé su ʼElohim, sino anduvieron en las costumbres que Israel estableció.
But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.
20 Entonces Yavé desechó a toda la descendencia de Israel. Los afligió y los entregó en mano de saqueadores, hasta echarlos de su Presencia.
And the Lord cast aside all of the offspring of Israel. And he afflicted them, and he delivered them into the hand of despoilers, until he drove them away from his face,
21 Cuando Él separó a Israel de la casa de David, ellos proclamaron rey a Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat. Jeroboam apartó a Israel de seguir a Yavé, y los llevó a cometer un gran pecado.
even from that time when Israel was torn away from the house of David, and they appointed for themselves Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, as king. For Jeroboam separated Israel from the Lord, and he caused them to sin a great sin.
22 Los hijos de Israel anduvieron en todos los pecados que Jeroboam cometió. No se apartaron de ellos,
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam, which he had done. And they did not withdraw from these,
23 hasta cuando Yavé apartó a Israel de su Presencia, tal como dijo por medio de todos sus esclavos profetas. Entonces Israel fue llevado cautivo de su tierra a Asiria hasta hoy.
even when the Lord carried away Israel from his face, just as he had said by the hand of all his servants, the prophets. And Israel was carried away from their land into Assyria, even to this day.
24 El rey de Asiria trajo gente de Babilonia, Cuta, Ava, Hamat y Sefarvaim, y los estableció en las ciudades de Samaria en lugar de los hijos de Israel. Así ocuparon Samaria y vivieron en sus ciudades.
Then the king of the Assyrians brought some from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim. And he located them in the cities of Samaria, in place of the sons of Israel. And they possessed Samaria, and they lived in its cities.
25 Pero como no temían a Yavé, sucedió que, cuando comenzaron a vivir allí, Yavé envió leones contra ellos los cuales los mataban.
And when they had begun to live there, they did not fear the Lord. And the Lord sent lions among them, which were killing them.
26 Entonces ellos enviaron a decir al rey de Asiria: Las gentes que trasladaste y colocaste en las ciudades de Samaria no conocen la costumbre del ʼElohim de la tierra, el cual envió leones contra ellas. Ciertamente las matan, porque no conocen la costumbre del ʼElohim de la tierra.
And this was reported to the king of the Assyrians, and it was said: “The peoples that you transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria, they are ignorant of the ordinances of the God of the land. And so the Lord has sent lions among them. And behold, they have killed them, because they were ignorant of the rituals of the God of the land.”
27 Y el rey de Asiria mandó a decir: Lleven allá a alguno de los sacerdotes que trajeron cautivos de allá, que vaya y viva allí, y les enseñe la costumbre del ʼElohim de la tierra.
Then the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying: “Lead to that place one of the priests, whom you brought as a captive from there. And let him go and live with them. And let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.”
28 Llegó uno de los sacerdotes que deportaron de Samaria. Vivió en Bet-ʼEl y les enseñó cómo debían reverenciar a Yavé.
And so, when one of the priests, who had been led away captive from Samaria, had arrived, he lived in Bethel. And he taught them how they should worship the Lord.
29 Pero cada pueblo hacía sus propios ʼelohim y los ponía en los santuarios de los lugares altos que los de Samaria hacían. Cada pueblo hacía esto en la ciudad donde vivía.
And each of the nations made gods of their own, and they placed them in the shrines of the high places, which the Samaritans had made: nation after nation, in their cities in which they were living.
30 De esta manera los hombres de Babilonia rendían culto a Sucot-benot, los hombres de Cuta a Nergal y los hombres de Hamat a Asima.
So the men of Babylon made Soccoth-benoth; and the men of Cuth made Nergal; and the men of Hamath made Ashima;
31 Los aveos hicieron una imagen de Nibhaz y de Tartac. Los sefarveos quemaban a sus hijos en el fuego para adorar a Adramelec y Anamelec, ʼelohim de Sefarvaim.
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak. Then those who were from Sepharvaim burned up their children with fire, for the gods of Sepharvaim: Adram-melech and Anam-melech.
32 Aunque reverenciaban a Yavé, designaron sacerdotes de entre ellos para los lugares altos, quienes ofrecían sacrificios a favor de ellos en los santuarios de dichos lugares.
But nevertheless, they worshipped the Lord. Then they made for themselves, from the least of the people, priests of the high places. And they placed them in the shrines of the high places.
33 De modo que reverenciaban a Yavé, pero también servían a sus propios ʼelohim, según la costumbre de las naciones de donde fueron deportados.
And though they worshipped the Lord, they also served their own gods, according to the custom of the nations from which they had been transferred into Samaria.
34 Hasta hoy obran según las costumbres antiguas: No reverencian a Yavé, ni actúan según sus Preceptos, a sus Ordenanzas, a la Ley y al Mandamiento que Yavé prescribió a los hijos de Jacob, al cual llamó Israel.
Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
35 Yavé hizo un Pacto con ellos y les ordenó: No teman a otros ʼelohim, ni se inclinen ante ellos, ni les sirvan, ni les ofrezcan sacrificios,
And he had struck a covenant with them, and he had commanded them, saying: “You shall not fear foreign gods, and you shall not adore them, and you shall not worship them, and you shall not sacrifice to them.
36 sino solo a Yavé, Quien los sacó de la tierra de Egipto con gran poder y brazo extendido. A Él temerán, ante Él se inclinarán y ofrecerán sacrificios.
But the Lord, your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, with great strength and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you adore, and to him shall you sacrifice.
37 Tendrán cuidado de practicar todos los días los Preceptos, las Ordenanzas, la Ley y los Mandamientos que escribí para ustedes. No teman a otros ʼelohim,
Also, the ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall keep so that you do them for all days. And you shall not fear strange gods.
38 ni olviden el Pacto que hice con ustedes. No teman a otros ʼelohim,
And the covenant, which he struck with you, you shall not forget; neither shall you worship strange gods.
39 sino teman a Yavé su ʼElohim, y Él los librará de la mano de todos sus enemigos.
But you shall fear the Lord, your God. And he will rescue you from the hand of all your enemies.”
40 Pero ellos no escucharon, sino hicieron según su antigua costumbre.
Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.
41 Así pues, aquellas gentes reverenciaban a Yavé, pero al mismo tiempo rendían culto a sus imágenes. Sus hijos y sus nietos practicaron hasta hoy lo mismo que sus antepasados.
And such were these nations: to some extent fearing the Lord, yet nevertheless also serving their idols. As for their sons and grandsons, just as their fathers acted, so also did they act, even to the present day.
